28 August 2013

Record of meeting 28 August 2013



Present

Melissa, Robyn, Cath, Geoff, David C, David R, Helene, Wendy, Jenny, Trevor, Margaret, Terry, Jo, Elizabeth

 
News

Trevor spent 3 days in Sydney and enjoyed a baked dinner cooked by his daughter, Margaret went to the film festival, Terry had a quiet week and had some new thoughts about his novel, Jo hasn’t had her computer for a few weeks so has been thinking about her book and demonstrated her technique to fix the computer (it didn’t work), Melissa reflected on writing 100 words and its effect on her song writing, Robyn is settling in to her new house and has built new cupboards, Elizabeth enjoyed watching men cutting down a huge tree, Cath went to a 1 st birthday party,  Geoff had a quiet week, David C went to Kangaroo Valley Celtic festival, David R raved about his dentist, Helene saw Red Obsession, Wendy went for a picnic at Swan Lake, Jenny also went to Red Obsession and the Nicole Kidman film.

 
Words of the day

Quotidian – every day usual

Metaphoric – symbolic

Boor – rustic, rude

Convivial – sociable, happy

Nadir – the worst moment

Bliss – enjoyment, pleasure

Pithy – crisp, concise to the point

Nuance – a subtle chance

Vulgar – lacking refinement

Ilk – a type of

Eclectic – selecting from various styles

Retinue (n) – a body of aides & retainers attending an important person

Sanctimonious - hypocritical

 
Stories from words of the day

We created a great variety of stories many concerning our group including three men in a shoe, A meeting we had to have, The bliss of silence, Who let him join, Colourful language, Summer time, Not wanted in our group, The loving cup, more stories about our group including starve them out, the cult and a pain in the ass.


Homework

We read our homework including Brownie points, Double lives, Hello dad, The baby bonus, a sexy letter, The pop corn vendor and the cat, The map, The triple knot, the kitchen knife, a woman who pleases all men, A Ferris wheel of questions, Dates to remember, The adoptee and Kevin no longer works here.

 
Information

We again discussed numbers for the group and decided we would reconsider the issue if numbers go beyond 14.

Geoff recommended the Concert the stars of the eisteddfod in the Entertainment Centre in Nowra, this weekend.

Geoff also recommended the current Photo exhibition at Lady Denman which closes soon

Terry is waiting for more information and will report back on options on training next week.

Robyn has ordered “Write your own novel professional edition” for the group. We will know more when it arrives.

 
Reading

Geoff recommends reading

George Megalogenis - The Australian Moment – an overview of Australia since 1945 and Susan Holoubek - Trace of Absence

David R read out his poems Gloss and Blind Corners about decorating and life. We all love a good gloss.

 
Quick write

We each selected words and completed a 10 minute write and came up with stories about Boorish, Zero, The headless man, Welcome to heaven, Greed, the vase and flowers in the garden, Sunday, understanding small, bones, nothing on his mind, $50 off and treatment.

We also wrote a sentence including the word treatments and listed as many words as we could from the word. Some good scores I think Wendy or Jo topped the score with 15 words.


Homework

Write a short play in language suitable for girls and boys of primary school age based on the parable which will be emailed to you. If you don’t get the parable choose your own parable. The aim is for children to role play using their language to help them remember the parable. Cool.